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A smart, well-acted, and refreshingly messy coming-of-age story, Selah and the Spades suggests a bright future for debuting writer-director Tayarisha Poe.
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Poe's feature debut, though, has a style all its own, spare but rich and able to make the umpteenth teen movie we've all seen feel fresh. April 28, 2020 | Full Review…
Poe's feature debut, though, has a style all its own, spare but rich and able to make the umpteenth teen movie we've all seen feel fresh.
Steve Pond
Poe - a new kid on the block who already feels like a major talent - calls a spade a spade but manages to be dreamily oblique, right to the end. April 21, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Poe - a new kid on the block who already feels like a major talent - calls a spade a spade but manages to be dreamily oblique, right to the end.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
It's impassioned, informed and sometimes furious work that could find Poe being name-checked herself not too long from now. April 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's impassioned, informed and sometimes furious work that could find Poe being name-checked herself not too long from now.
Barry Hertz
It's closer to horror than the usual lightweight fare one finds in the genre. April 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's closer to horror than the usual lightweight fare one finds in the genre.
James Berardinelli
The tone here isn't fun or playful or tongue-in-cheek, "Selah" takes itself dead seriously, which makes its world even less inviting. April 20, 2020 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
The tone here isn't fun or playful or tongue-in-cheek, "Selah" takes itself dead seriously, which makes its world even less inviting.
Adam Graham
"Selah and the Spades" showcases a talented writer and filmmaker furiously struggling to find her feet. When she does, the results may be something to see. April 20, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
"Selah and the Spades" showcases a talented writer and filmmaker furiously struggling to find her feet. When she does, the results may be something to see.
Ty Burr
Dead Poets Society meets All About Eve in this stylishly offbeat addition to the boarding school genre. May 23, 2020 | Full Review…
Dead Poets Society meets All About Eve in this stylishly offbeat addition to the boarding school genre.
Jason Best
Selah is a fully written and expertly directed character; she's a force to be reckoned with. She's strong, beautiful, bold, and driven by power. May 16, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Selah is a fully written and expertly directed character; she's a force to be reckoned with. She's strong, beautiful, bold, and driven by power.
Sarah Knight Adamson
Somewhere within the bones of Selah and the Spades is a terrific high school movie but sadly, there's a feel of missed opportunity that permeates this frustratingly opaque film. May 11, 2020 | Full Review…
Somewhere within the bones of Selah and the Spades is a terrific high school movie but sadly, there's a feel of missed opportunity that permeates this frustratingly opaque film.
Tom Beasley
The film seems more interested in the brilliance of its image and in the vanity game of its characters than in constructing a complex story. [Full Review in Spanish] May 1, 2020 | Full Review…
The film seems more interested in the brilliance of its image and in the vanity game of its characters than in constructing a complex story. [Full Review in Spanish]
Elsa Fernández-Santos
Poe's steady hand keeps the balance between realistic teen drama and the crime genre, allowing its examination of melodrama surrounding betrayal, rule-breaking and power-grabs to breathe true. April 30, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Poe's steady hand keeps the balance between realistic teen drama and the crime genre, allowing its examination of melodrama surrounding betrayal, rule-breaking and power-grabs to breathe true.
Natalia Keogan
Writer-director Tayarisha Poe's film is worthy, but like Tales From the Loop, purports to be deeper than it really is. April 28, 2020 | Full Review…
Writer-director Tayarisha Poe's film is worthy, but like Tales From the Loop, purports to be deeper than it really is.
Steve Murray
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